The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-09
SENT UP FOR TEN YEARS.
STEWART AND EMORY GIVEN THE
LAWS FULL LIMIT.

Both Convicted OF Assault With Intent
to Murder-A Hardened Criminals
Appearance in the Dock-The Crimes
for Which They Are to Serve the
the Felons Makes a Second Assault
Upon His Victim and Creates q SEN
sation in Court.
One of the most brutal and hardened
criminals that ever sat in the dock was con
victed in the Superior Court yesterday of
assault with intent to murder. He was a
| negro named William Stewart, and he was
found guilty of cutting Edward Wheeler,
| likewise a negro. The criitie was committed
in the house of Rosa Porter in South Broad
street lane, between Montgomery and JEFF
ferson streets, on the night of April ~
Stewart had been visiting the woman for
some time and was well known around the
place. On the night mentioned Wheeler
called at the house and was sitting in the
parlor when some one rushed in, overturned
the lamp and stabbed him. The only point
to be proved was that of identity, and it
was settled to the satisfaction of the jury.
Rosa Porter testified that she did not
know who did the stabbing, but a number
of the neighbors swor that on the morn
ing after the assault she said that Stewart
had done il. Stewart was found guilty and
sentenced to ten years imprisonment in the
penitentiary. While he was in the dock he
was laughing as if he was waiting for a
circus procession to pass by. When sentence
was passed he thanked Judge Adams, and
with dirty cotton handkerchief in his
hand, waved him adieu.
A HARDENED CRIMINAL.
He was taken to the prisoners room, and
a few minutes later a noise that came from
that quarter drew number of people in
haste from the court room. The door of
the room was open, and Stewart was
sitting in there laughing as heartily
as if he had played good
joke. He had been standing just outside
the door where Wheeler could see him. Not
having any overabundance of love for
Wheeler, Stewart desired to do something
TO show his victim how he was regarded, 50
he took from the Sheriff's desk heavy
glass inkstand and hurled it at Wheeler
with all his might It missed its mark, but
it scared Wheeler enough to satisfy Stewart
and he enjoyed it immensely. In order to
prevent this jocular criminal from doing
further damage his hands were manacled
behind his back
A BRUTAL AND BLOODY DEED.
William Emory, mulatto, was tried for
| a brutal and bloody assault on his wife and
child. He had not lived happily with his
| his wife and she announced her intentions of
| leaving him. He plead with her not to go,
but she refused to live any longer with him.
| He then asked her to leave him his child,
| but that also she refused to do. She left the
house April 20, but did not intend to leave
| it permanently then. She returned at l
| o'clock at night and found him awaiting her.
He renewed his entreaties, but she was OBJ
| durate, and finally he seized an ak and
struck both his wife and child several times
each. They recovered, but their
cure was almost miraculous, for
| they were badly cut Emory went
to the police barracks, and gave himself up,
stating at the time that he had murdered
| his wife and child, and was ready to suffer
| for it,
THE PRISONERS DEFENSE.
The defense was that he committed
| the act while he was in so terrible a passion
that he could not control himself, and that
there was neither deliberation nor malice,
but the jury did not take that view of the
case, and verdict of guilty was found
In passing sentence Judge Adams said
| that a distinguished Judge, when asked for
mercy, replied: Il must have mercy on So
| ciety.n He was sorry for the prisoner, for
| the evidence showed that he was an indus
| trious man and has hitherto borne a good
reputation, but society must be protected,
and the object of the criminal law was to
| govern those who could not control them
selves. He sentenced Emory to ten years
in the penitentiary. During the trial
| Emory's wife, who refused to prosecute sat
| by him, but she retired to the lobby when
the jury went out, and when sentence was
pronounced her sobs could be heard through
out the court room.
| NOTES.
ST Basch, William McKenna, and John
Monahan, pleaded guilty to keeping gam
bling house, but sentence was deferred.
The Reilly insurance case, that seems 70
be as endless MS q circle, was up for few
hours yesterday.
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